How SNOO Gave One Mom a Second Chance for More Sleep
With her first child, British mom Francesca Sardone hardly slept. Thanks to silent reflux, her son, Leo, woke up around the clock. As he got older, he slept better, but it wasnât until he was 3 that he actually slept through the night.
âIt was horrendous,â Francesca recalls. She vowed the next time would be different.
âAfter having a child that didnât sleep consistently through the night for three years, I wasnât taking any chances with the next one,â she says. âThatâs why we had to get the magical SNOO.â
Francescaâs second child, Rocco, has been in SNOO from day one, and right away, it was a completely different experience.
âInstantly Rocco was sleeping an hour and a half. Then, that went up to 3 hours,â Francesca says. âI was like, âOh my God, Leo never slept like this until he was months and months old!â
These days, 4-month-old Rocco is sleeping even longer stretches, and sometimes sleeps through the nightâsomething Francesca couldnât have dreamt of with her oldest son.
âAt 4 months, Leo was waking throughout the night,â Francesca remembers. âI was on my knees. I was a broken woman.â
And this time around, itâs not just baby Rocco whoâs sleeping better with SNOO.
âIt has helped me mentally. Sleep deprivation is like torture, isnât it? If youâre going through that for months and months and months, it starts to have an impact on you,â she says. âBecause Iâm sleeping better, Iâm feeling so much better.â
Francesca has more energy and time for Leoâand even has time for herself (she recently joined a Pilates class!).
â[SNOO] has had a massive, massive impact on all of us, really,â she says.Â
In addition to the added sleep, Francesca loves the fact that SNOO promotes safe sleep by keeping Rocco on his back all night. âWhen youâre a first-time mum, thereâs so much anxiety about safe-sleepingâŚ[SNOO] instantly takes that off your mind.âÂ
And as sleep has become a focus for the whole family, itâs something little Leo has picked up on too.
âLeo has gotten to the point where heâll tell us, âI slept great!ââ Francesca says. âHe knows the importance of sleep now.â
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